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and, the pentagon will be hit, too. they propose a mix of spending cuts and, yes, more taxes, through limiting deductions, for the wealthy. i sat down late friday with house democratic leader nancy pelosi and asked her about the fast-approaching deadline. congressman pelosi, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> welcome to the capitol. >> chris: the white house says, sequestration will have a severe effect on many americans. house republicans agree. but they say the answer is to find other spending cuts, not tax hikes. >> well, i think that the sequestration is a bad idea, all around. it is something that is out of the question. the fact is, we have had plenty of spending cuts, $1.6 trillion in the budget control act. what we need is growth, growth with jobs and if you have spending cuts, education of our children, other investments, where you are hindering growth, you are no going to reduce the deficit. so, what we do need is more revenue, and more cuts, but i would like to see that a big, balanced, bold proposal. and sh
and, the pentagon will be hit, too. they propose a mix of spending cuts and, yes, more taxes, through limiting deductions, for the wealthy. i sat down late friday with house democratic leader nancy pelosi and asked her about the fast-approaching deadline. congressman pelosi, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> welcome to the capitol. >> chris: the white house says, sequestration will have a severe effect on many americans. house republicans agree. but they say the answer is to find...
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that he only talked to the pentagon. the defense secretary ones. that he never called anybody in libya. and are you also surprised i'm not saying i'm -- i must say i'm astonished at the idea national administration has refused to give congress the fbi interviews with the survivors of benghazi. >> those are good questions. there are always unanswered questions in something like this but the hagel confirmation is not the forum to get that kind of information. i think there is another dimension here and that is what are democratic senators really thinking about the hagel nomination? i understand some of them have actually called the white house and said is hagel going to withdraw? would he consider withdrawing? the answer is an emphatic no but member johner erlicmman nixon's aide used to talk about twisting slowly in the wind and the factor here is time. and there is this twisting in the wind aura to all of this and i wonder whether the democrats are kind of looking and asking what really is the fundamental question here, is he the best person to be s
that he only talked to the pentagon. the defense secretary ones. that he never called anybody in libya. and are you also surprised i'm not saying i'm -- i must say i'm astonished at the idea national administration has refused to give congress the fbi interviews with the survivors of benghazi. >> those are good questions. there are always unanswered questions in something like this but the hagel confirmation is not the forum to get that kind of information. i think there is another...
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all serving or recently is served in the pentagon. people who served in the clinton pentagon who are very well thought of and again on a bipartisan basis. i really don't know why the president wants him except i think maybe he likes the fact that chuck hagel has complained about the power of the jewish lobby and was one of the few senators to vote against the iran sanctions the policy the president now claims as his own and refused to vote to designate the iranian guard a terrorist group. >> maybe he likes the idea of one on one negotiations over the nuclear program. he also said this in an interview with vietnam magazine, i'm not a passivist. i believe in using force but only after a careful decision-making process. i will do everything i can to avoid needless senseless war. is that an unreasonable position for a secretary of defense to have? >> i think it is in line with where we see the president going in terms of using he doesn't want to put troops on the ground any more. he made that clear. he wants to the rely more on unmanned d
all serving or recently is served in the pentagon. people who served in the clinton pentagon who are very well thought of and again on a bipartisan basis. i really don't know why the president wants him except i think maybe he likes the fact that chuck hagel has complained about the power of the jewish lobby and was one of the few senators to vote against the iran sanctions the policy the president now claims as his own and refused to vote to designate the iranian guard a terrorist group....
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senate republican ares block the president's choice to run the pentagon. as gop senators demand more answers about the benghazi terror attack, white house charges they are playing politics with national security. we talk with the man leading the call for more information, senator lindsey graham. his tee party response to the state of the union speech was critical to both the president and the gop. we will ask senator rand paul what he thinks of the obama agenda as well as republican policy. also, it is less than two weeks until big automatic spending cuts kick in. we will ask the sunday panel will congress will reach a deal before the sequester deadline. and outraged our power player of the week helps the senate make history by keeping track of history. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. senate republicans made history this week, blocking a nominee for defense is secretary for the first time ever. they are demanding more information about the nominee former senator chuck hagel and about the benghazi t
senate republican ares block the president's choice to run the pentagon. as gop senators demand more answers about the benghazi terror attack, white house charges they are playing politics with national security. we talk with the man leading the call for more information, senator lindsey graham. his tee party response to the state of the union speech was critical to both the president and the gop. we will ask senator rand paul what he thinks of the obama agenda as well as republican policy....
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you also backed the sequester of across-the-board cuts even in the pentagon. isn't one of the g.o.p.'s planks that it is tough on national security. >> you can be first speal responsible and tough on national security. >>chris: the drone has nothing to do with fiscal issues. >> so there are two issues. one is about basic civil liberties. the new g.o.p. reflected by rand paul's willingness to challenge the status quo in both the republican and democratic party is a healthy thing. young people, if particular, are looking for leadership that is willing to challenge the idea that the government is always right. that is where we are, as well. on defense, though, frankly on any budget, any program, any department of the federal government, let's all acknowledge that there is waste and things that need to be eliminated and trimming of defense would be a very healthy thing. you have to puttering on -- put everything on the tail. you can say say certain things cannot be touched. >>chris: sir, rand paul talked about defense hawks like john mccain and senator graham as "
you also backed the sequester of across-the-board cuts even in the pentagon. isn't one of the g.o.p.'s planks that it is tough on national security. >> you can be first speal responsible and tough on national security. >>chris: the drone has nothing to do with fiscal issues. >> so there are two issues. one is about basic civil liberties. the new g.o.p. reflected by rand paul's willingness to challenge the status quo in both the republican and democratic party is a healthy...
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and, part of that is going to be trimming the pentagon budget. so, personally, he served our country, he has been wounded in combat and there is nothing to personally disqualify him there and the hearings and personal meeting will give the senator a great opportunity... >> chris: when you hear the statements he has made on iran, on israel... >> there is a difference of opinions on these issues but that is not surprising. what is important, he has the president's trust and represents the president's thinking and in these hearings and meetings, chris, his critics will have an opportunity to ask him about his views about israel and how we deal with iran and you will find senator hagel will be clear and strong in his support of israel and lay out a strategy for dealing with the iranian program. >> i don't think the most important thing is whether he has the president's trust, that is obvious and wouldn't have been chosen if he hadn't and the moist important thing is whether he has the judgment to make the right decisions at a time of austerity which
and, part of that is going to be trimming the pentagon budget. so, personally, he served our country, he has been wounded in combat and there is nothing to personally disqualify him there and the hearings and personal meeting will give the senator a great opportunity... >> chris: when you hear the statements he has made on iran, on israel... >> there is a difference of opinions on these issues but that is not surprising. what is important, he has the president's trust and represents...
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chuck hagel dismissed any problems and said the pentagon budget is bloated. downtown think chuck hagel is the right man to be secretary of defense. we will see if they agree with that. >> chris: your thoughts about him as secretary of defense? >> i think what s important here, chris, to remember is it is not what kristol or bayh might want in a secretary of defense. it is what president obama wants. regardless of who the secretary of defense is they are going to have to recognize certain economic and fiscal realities and part of that s going to be trimming the pentagon budget. so personally, he served our country. wounded if combat. nothing personally disqualifying there and i think the hearings and personal meetings will give senator hagel -- >> chris: are you troubled when you heard the statements he made on iran and israel? >> i have differences of opinions on these issues. but the important thing is he has the president's trust and represents the president's thinking and his critics will have an opportunity to ask him about his views about israel and abou
chuck hagel dismissed any problems and said the pentagon budget is bloated. downtown think chuck hagel is the right man to be secretary of defense. we will see if they agree with that. >> chris: your thoughts about him as secretary of defense? >> i think what s important here, chris, to remember is it is not what kristol or bayh might want in a secretary of defense. it is what president obama wants. regardless of who the secretary of defense is they are going to have to recognize...
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this week on friday the pentagon announced they are going to deploy 14 additional missile intercepters to alaska to deal with the potential nuclear threat from north korea. what do you think of the idea? how serious do you think is the threat from the north korean a a good morning and are we paying a price for the fact that president obama scaled back on missile defense when came into office? >> well, look, i applaud the efforts. i talked to senator kerry and i know we have a group heading off to poland on monday to talk about this further. i applaud it as i mentioned. i do hope we will focus on a base on the eastern side with radar facilities. and i think the question is, chris, how does the nondeplowment of the fourth phase of our european based issues it temperature affect us over time. there is technical issues we will be getting into this week with the the pentagon and the state department but certainly i think most all of us applaud the efforts to beef up our missile defense on the west coast chris do you think that kim young unand the north koreans are a threat to the u.s. >> i
this week on friday the pentagon announced they are going to deploy 14 additional missile intercepters to alaska to deal with the potential nuclear threat from north korea. what do you think of the idea? how serious do you think is the threat from the north korean a a good morning and are we paying a price for the fact that president obama scaled back on missile defense when came into office? >> well, look, i applaud the efforts. i talked to senator kerry and i know we have a group...
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you also backed the sequester of across the board cuts even in the pentagon but isn't one of the g.o.p.'s strengths with the american people, that it is tough on national security? >> well, you can be fiscally responsible and tough on national security. i think it would be -- >> the drone has nothing to do with fiscal issues. that is a -- >> certainly. so there are two issues. one is about basic civil liberties and i think the new g.o.p. reflected by rand paul's willingness to challenge the status quo in both the republican and democratic parties, that is a healthy thing. and, young people in particular, they are looking for leadership that is willing to challenge the idea that the government is always right. i think that is where we are, as well. but on defense, and on, frankly, any budget, any program, any department of the federal government, let's all acknowledge there is waste and things that need to be eliminated. and, a trimming of defense would be a very healthy thing. and you have to put everything on the table. you can say, this sacred cow cannot be touched. the g.o.p. made t
you also backed the sequester of across the board cuts even in the pentagon but isn't one of the g.o.p.'s strengths with the american people, that it is tough on national security? >> well, you can be fiscally responsible and tough on national security. i think it would be -- >> the drone has nothing to do with fiscal issues. that is a -- >> certainly. so there are two issues. one is about basic civil liberties and i think the new g.o.p. reflected by rand paul's willingness to...
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and people who served in the clinton pentagon that are well thought of on a bipartisan basis . i don't know why the president wants him maybe he likes the fact that chuck hagel complained about the power of the jewish lobby and one of the few senators who voted against the iran sanction and refused to desigate the iranian guard as terrorist group. maybe he likes that record. >> one of the things that hagel gets dinged on is one on one negotiations on the nuclear program. he said i am not a pace 50 and i believe in using force but only after a decision making process. i will do everything i can to avoid needless and senseless war. nina, is that unreasonable for a secretary of defense to have? >> it is in line with where the president is going in terms of use not putting troops on the ground anymore. he made that clear. he wants to rely on unmanned drones in afghanistan and fight terrorism that way. i think brit is right he's in line with the president on the issues and if you go forward and look at spending cut that is are going to have to come down in the pentagon, interesting
and people who served in the clinton pentagon that are well thought of on a bipartisan basis . i don't know why the president wants him maybe he likes the fact that chuck hagel complained about the power of the jewish lobby and one of the few senators who voted against the iran sanction and refused to desigate the iranian guard as terrorist group. maybe he likes that record. >> one of the things that hagel gets dinged on is one on one negotiations on the nuclear program. he said i am not...
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he did not know what his own policy was, he is going to be the head of the pentagon. well it raises questions on shows like this but it will not affect --. >>chris: it would not raise a question in your mind? >>guest: he because not as crisp as he might have been but he misspoke it wasn't as if he projected a real difference on policy with the administration. what matters is how he performs as secretary of state. behalf nature set the bar high and i think chuck hagel will clear that bar. >>chris: laura, during his testimony he did not seem to know or think much about major issues of the pentagon or funding and he calls the iranian government elected? >>guest: the russians and chinese were it will watching how this played out because bill kristol was right saying it was not second rate performance it could have been the worst performance that ever took place at a confirmation hearing and that is saying something. as the secretary of defense it should not be that you won two purple hearts in battle. his patriotism is not questioned. merit should count. he is going to ha
he did not know what his own policy was, he is going to be the head of the pentagon. well it raises questions on shows like this but it will not affect --. >>chris: it would not raise a question in your mind? >>guest: he because not as crisp as he might have been but he misspoke it wasn't as if he projected a real difference on policy with the administration. what matters is how he performs as secretary of state. behalf nature set the bar high and i think chuck hagel will clear that...
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it is frustrating. >> with the transfer authority could the pentagon live with these cuts? >> depends on what the mission is. as general dempsey hit it what is the mission? if you tell us what the mission is give us the transfer authority what are we doing next year the same situation next year. men and women serving deserve better the american people deserve better. it is time for leadership with the president. it's a dumb idea. it's his idea. we were told in fact this never happened. sequestration is never going to happen. what do we do now? continue to throw bombs at each other or solve the problem. let's have pizza and beers and figure it all out. >> talk about the sequestration going forward. you asked has the president cried uncle the question is have you been crying wolf in the sense that he painted this dire picture of the impact. thanks to some reporting in our paper and others he has been forced to step back>> i love how you are saying it's not going to be the he has all of the secretaries janet napolitano saying it will be in politics. >> the way it is played out
it is frustrating. >> with the transfer authority could the pentagon live with these cuts? >> depends on what the mission is. as general dempsey hit it what is the mission? if you tell us what the mission is give us the transfer authority what are we doing next year the same situation next year. men and women serving deserve better the american people deserve better. it is time for leadership with the president. it's a dumb idea. it's his idea. we were told in fact this never...
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no delegation and and no transfer of. >> chris: with the transfer of authority could the pentagon live with the cuts? >> depends on what the mix is. general dempsey hit it, what is the mission. he hit it right on the head. if you will have us be in three or four conflicts around the world and cut another half a trillion. tell us the mission and give us the transfer authority and we can make it work short term. next year we will be in the same situation and, once again, our men and women serving deserve better and the american people deserve better. the president it is a dumb idea. it is his idea. and we were told that in fact it would never happen. sequestration is never going to happen. well, it happen so what do we do now? we continue to throw bombs at each other or actually get together and solve the problems? go out to camp david and grab pizza and beers and let's figure it. >> chris: chuck, you thoughts about sequestration going forward? >> you asked has the president cried uncle. another question is has he cried wolf? he painted a dire impact. thanks to our reporting and others h
no delegation and and no transfer of. >> chris: with the transfer of authority could the pentagon live with the cuts? >> depends on what the mix is. general dempsey hit it, what is the mission. he hit it right on the head. if you will have us be in three or four conflicts around the world and cut another half a trillion. tell us the mission and give us the transfer authority and we can make it work short term. next year we will be in the same situation and, once again, our men and...
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if it comes down to that, higher taxes or sequestration, the pentagon cuts, where do you you go? where do you come down? >> obviously i don't want to see taxes increased but what i would like to see is the president call the leaders over to the white house and say look, we got to solve this problem. this sequestration, secretary panetta, outgoing secretary of defense is one of the most widely respected men or person in washington, d.c. and he has been saying this nationalstate our nation security. republicans and democrats are responsible for this new cliff and i will take responsibility tore it for the republicans but we he have got to avoid it. we have got to stop it. >> chris: but if the president says the price of that is more taxes? >> the president is the same one that during the campaign said it's not going to happen. remember that? he just dismissed it. and a lot of us, in fact, lindsey graham and kelly ayotte and i were traveling around the country warning what is going to happen with sequestration. it is devastating. the world is dangerous. i'm sorry i'm a little emotio
if it comes down to that, higher taxes or sequestration, the pentagon cuts, where do you you go? where do you come down? >> obviously i don't want to see taxes increased but what i would like to see is the president call the leaders over to the white house and say look, we got to solve this problem. this sequestration, secretary panetta, outgoing secretary of defense is one of the most widely respected men or person in washington, d.c. and he has been saying this nationalstate our nation...
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e pentagon estimated 75% of 17 to 24-year-olds are not even 5%ilitary. to be in the of the population. 15% go on to college. we need to recruit from a hundred percent of the population in order to make sure we have the most effective fighting force. >> chris: let me bring general boykin in here. i like the analogy of the williams sisters versus peewee herman and i would point out that colonel mcsally competed in the military division men and women in hawaii and she won. what does that say? clearly some women can meet the standard? >> first of all, some women can meet the standard. i think there will be few but some can. that is not the issue you that the raised initially what i raised is the issue the mixing the genders in the combat units where there is no privacy, where they are out on extended operations and there is no opportunity for people to have any privacy whatsoever. as a man who has been there and a man who has some experience in those kinds of units, i certainly don't want to be in that environment with a female because it is degrading and hu
e pentagon estimated 75% of 17 to 24-year-olds are not even 5%ilitary. to be in the of the population. 15% go on to college. we need to recruit from a hundred percent of the population in order to make sure we have the most effective fighting force. >> chris: let me bring general boykin in here. i like the analogy of the williams sisters versus peewee herman and i would point out that colonel mcsally competed in the military division men and women in hawaii and she won. what does that...
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the pentagon lifts the ban on women in combat. >> as the gender barrier falls, there is still questions whether women should serve in the infantry and special operations. we'll hear from two retired officers. air force colonel, the first female u.s. combat pilot. and army lieutenant general jerry boykin. with the pageantry over now comes the hard part dealing with the nation's big issues. from debt to gun violence to getting america back to work, is congress ready to act? we'll get the latest from two top senators, democrat dick durbin and republican bob corker. plus, the president uses his inaugural address to push a liberal agenda. we'll ask our sunday panel how mr. obama is likely to do in his second term. and our power player of the week. a student of the ways president's exercise power. all right now on funds. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. american women in the military have served on the frontlines for years. and 152 have been killed in iraq and afghanistan. but when defense secretary panetta lifted the ban on women in combat his
the pentagon lifts the ban on women in combat. >> as the gender barrier falls, there is still questions whether women should serve in the infantry and special operations. we'll hear from two retired officers. air force colonel, the first female u.s. combat pilot. and army lieutenant general jerry boykin. with the pageantry over now comes the hard part dealing with the nation's big issues. from debt to gun violence to getting america back to work, is congress ready to act? we'll get the...
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secondly, part of the bill the house is talking about putting in, is toive more flexibility to the pentagon, so that the leaders there can say, well, this program shouldn't be cut and this program can be cut even more, the white house says, they won't accept that. and don't want flexibility and, you must admit, why on earth would a president not want flexibility to make the cuts smarter, the cuts he says are dumb. >> that doesn't make any sense and both sides said this is dumb and yet it is still happening and, the best case scenario in a bad situation would be to give the defense department and actually other agencies more latitude in how they do these cuts and why the president wouldn't do that, i don't know. i mean -- >> chris: we know, because, supposedly they say we want to show how painful they are and don't want -- >> that is disturbing. i find that very disturbing, actually. i mean, this is... the cbo projected it -- we could lose 700,000 jobs and for them to play these games over politics, trying to make the republicans look bad, i don't think is acceptable. i'm not saying the repu
secondly, part of the bill the house is talking about putting in, is toive more flexibility to the pentagon, so that the leaders there can say, well, this program shouldn't be cut and this program can be cut even more, the white house says, they won't accept that. and don't want flexibility and, you must admit, why on earth would a president not want flexibility to make the cuts smarter, the cuts he says are dumb. >> that doesn't make any sense and both sides said this is dumb and yet it...
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why does barack obama want him in the pentagon in the first place? >> here's the thing, i think his stumbling, we're focusing on how he stumbled. the trouble was the peek into his world view and it is the president's world view we are seeing in the second term and that containment exchange was frontal and centre in this. what does -- front and center in this. containment means we'll allow a nuclear iran and contain it and not prevent it and people are concept cam whether the white house will actually use -- keep the military option on the table to prevent a nuclear iran. y it goes to the question of, does hagel see the u.s. military, a strong u.s. military as a force for good, for leadership in this world? and you get the sense from this and his comments, ala bob woodward and the "washington post" and the exchange he had with president obama, he doesn't, he sees it as a new world order and we are, leading from behind and he didn't exactly say it and it comes when leon panetta points out the threat of the man-pads, the anti-aircraft attack missiles th
why does barack obama want him in the pentagon in the first place? >> here's the thing, i think his stumbling, we're focusing on how he stumbled. the trouble was the peek into his world view and it is the president's world view we are seeing in the second term and that containment exchange was frontal and centre in this. what does -- front and center in this. containment means we'll allow a nuclear iran and contain it and not prevent it and people are concept cam whether the white house...
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the pentagon has delayed a test firing of a minute man icbm this week fear it could ratchet up tensions with north korea and the young dictator, kim jong-un^. does the obama administration risk looking like it is caving? >> absolutely not, take a step back from the whole picture. he is engaging in behavior we have seen for many years, and the own us is on north korea to take a step and they can undertake their economic development which can only happen if they rejoin the international community. >> having said that north korea has moved a medium-range missile to the east coast and said on friday they would not be surprised if they fired and the south koreans specific it, but it is in range of guam, how would the president regard it given the fact you now have delayed this missile test by the united states if north korea goes ahead and fires their missile? >> well, we have seen the reports that you cite as jake carney said we would not be surprised. missile launches have been part of this repeated pattern behavior for the north korea regime. the own success on north korea to do the right
the pentagon has delayed a test firing of a minute man icbm this week fear it could ratchet up tensions with north korea and the young dictator, kim jong-un^. does the obama administration risk looking like it is caving? >> absolutely not, take a step back from the whole picture. he is engaging in behavior we have seen for many years, and the own us is on north korea to take a step and they can undertake their economic development which can only happen if they rejoin the international...